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Archive for February, 2016
Are “agency fees” not political?
Roberta Gold, AAUP UW Sudhir’s view jibes with everything I’ve read: SCOTUS mavens think Scalia’s death will create a hung Court in Friedrichs, which will, in turn, leave in place the 9th Circuit’s union-friendly decision. Further, the issue in Friedrichs is agency fees for[...]
February 17th, 2016 - 9:32 am § in Misc.
(Seattle) Vast Far-Left-Wing Conspiracy to Control UW Unmasked
The AAUP listserv is beginning to sound more than a bit like a Republican Presidential debate. While one side brings up the issues of politicization of the UW by SEIU, the other in a not so naive way, proclaims that is is shocked at claims that the SEIU and SEIU/UW have been associated with c[...]
February 17th, 2016 - 9:18 am § in Misc.
The Cruzader Applauds (Christian) Terrorism
Cruz Lies About Planned Parenthood ‘Selling Body Parts’ As evidence mounts that the Christian terrorist who killed people and wounded about a dozen others in an attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic was motivated by a series of dishonestly edited videos that purported to show that the group sell[...]
February 17th, 2016 - 9:08 am § in Misc.
BUCHENWALD 100: Poland denies responsibility for the death camps.
Poland to sue for references to ‘Polish death camps’ Poland’s Justice Minister has announced that a new bill could see the country pressing charges over reports in the international media about “Polish death camps” in relation to Nazi German compounds. READMORE about my own fam[...]
February 16th, 2016 - 11:58 am § in Misc.
Bernie vs Hillary
The horrid choices on the right make this an almost pleasant topic Some of the Bernie crusaders are taking a page from the Ted Cruz campaign, demonizing their opponent. Aside from feeling the Bern, the main Sandista arguments seem to there is too much animus toward Hillary for her to win b[...]
February 16th, 2016 - 11:01 am § in Misc.
Graph of Oil Production Costs
Oil comes from many sources — onshore oilfields like those in the Middle East and Texas, offshore and deepsea wells such as those operating in the North Sea and Gulf of Mexico, arctic drilling in Alaska, Canada’s tar sands, etc. Production costs vary greatly, depending on the difficulty [...]
CENSORSHIP: Why the UW Needs a blog
The only source of pubic discussion for UW faculty is a listserv run by the AAUP. That listserv is terribly important because of the historic devotion of the AAUP to free speech. The AAUP listserv is an antique. Many faculty think the listserv is private. That is not so. Since the list[...]